Second arrest made in connection with Gogglebox star George Gilbey's death
Essex police have arrested a 36-year-old man from Witham on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
A second man has been arrested as part of the investigation into the death of George Gilbey in Shoebury in March.
Police were called to Campfield Road in Shoebury on Wednesday, 27 March following reports of a man sustaining an injury who had been working at height. He was taken to hospital where he sadly died.
The man has since been formally identified as 40-year-old George Gilbey.
A joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive remains ongoing and this morning, officers arrested a 36-year-old man from Witham on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
He remains in custody and enquiries are ongoing.
A 47-year-old man was previously arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with this investigation and since been released under investigation.
An Inquest in March, heard that Gilbey had been working on a roof when he fell to his death through a plastic skylight.
Coroner's officer Deborah Frost said Mr Gilbey had been "working on a roof when he fell through a plastic skylight, landing on the ground below".
She said that paramedics and police attended but that he died at the scene, with his provisional cause of death recorded as "traumatic injury to head and torso consistent with fall from height".
Mr Gilbey, of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 series - where participants watch and comment on TV shows from the previous week.
He starred alongside his mother Linda McGarry and stepfather Pete McGarry, who died aged 71 in 2021.
The reality star also appeared on the 14th series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2014, reaching the final.